Abstract: A packet transmission control method and apparatus for packet transmissions between a transmitting side and a receiving side in a mobile communication system, wherein packets transmitted by the transmitting side are acknowledged by the receiving side, and unacknowledged packets are retransmitted to the receiving side, the method comprising at least one of the steps of: scheduling of packets, wherein packets not yet acknowledged are retransmitted only when no packets not yet transmitted to the receiving side are available at the transmitting side, and polling the receiving side to acknowledge transmitted packets on the basis of a packet counter value and a timer value.